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International Freedom of Expression eXchange Clearing House
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CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN ST. PETERSBURG ON CENSORSHIP IN RUSSIA

A conference on "Censorship In Russia: Historic and Contemporary"
will take place in St. Petersburg from 20-22 September, reported
the July/August issue of "Media Developments", published monthly
by the United States Information Agency (USIA) Media Assistance
Clearinghouse. According to "Media Developments", topics to be
covered include "the structure of censorship in Russia,
censorship throughout Russian history, and censorship as applied
to various areas of expression and human endeavour." The
conference, which will take place in Russian and English, is
sponsored by the St. Petersburg Council on the Freedom of
Scientific Information of the St. Petersburg Union of Scientists,
the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of the History of
Natural Sciences and Technology of the Russian Academy of
Sciences and the Russian National Library. For information,
contact M. B. Konashov at 199034 St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya
Nab. 5/2, St. Petersburg Institute of History of Natural Science,
Russian Academy of Sciences; tel: +7 812 218 4035/4712; fax: +7
812 218 4667; e-mail: mic@history.spb.su.

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